Orono, ME – The UMBC men's basketball team dropped an 84-49 decision against the Maine Black Bears in an America East Conference contest at Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
The Retrievers (15-10, 5-5 AE) trailed 36-26 at halftime but the hosts scored the first 14 points of the final stanza and the visitors were unable to get back in the game.
Freshman guard
Dion Brown scored 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting to pace the Retrievers. Brown also pulled down a team-high six rebounds and went a career-best 4-for-6 from three-point range.
Guard Gedi Juozapaitis led four Black Bears (10-13, 4-6 AE) in double figures with 22 points on 8-for-12 shooting, including 4-for-7 from behind the arc.
The game was deadlocked at 21-21 after Brown splashed a trey with 8:13 left in the opening half, but Maine went on a 17-5 run to close out the stanza.
Notes
- The Retrievers shot just 38 percent overall (19-for-50) and were 6-for-19 (31 percent) from deep.
- Maine shot 55 percent (33-of-60) and made 9-of-22 (40.9 percent) triples.
- UMBC committed a season-high 21 turnovers and Maine outscored the Retrievers by a 30-8 margin in points off turnovers.
- The Black Bears outscored UMBC by a 44-20 total inside the paint.
Up Next
-UMBC will host NJIT on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
